Environmental & Energy,
Criminal
Jun. 13, 2018
Criminal trial in oil spill focuses on company’s actions, omissions
Jury members, deciding whether Plains All American Pipeline was criminally negligent in their handling of a 142 thousand gallon oil spill near Refugio State Beach, have heard painstakingly long direct questioning by Deputy Attorney General Brett Morris during proceedings thus far.
SANTA BARBARA -- Jury members, deciding whether Plains All American Pipeline was criminally negligent in their handling of a 142 thousand gallon oil spill near Refugio State Beach, listened to painstakingly long direct questioning by Deputy Attorney General Brett Morris during proceedings thus far.
Although Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge James Herman made multiple comments to Morris to pick up the pace during trial on Mon...
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